Residents and activists had erected the caravans between the Palestinian village and the nearby Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim.

The camp, dubbed Wadi al-Ahmar, was built to protest Israel’s plan to demolish Khan al-Ahmar.

This morning, enforcement was carried out against 5 movable structures that were illegally transported & installed in the vicinity of Kfar Adumim. The erection of these structures was advanced by representatives of the PA in opposition to the enforcement of Israeli law in Area C. pic.twitter.com/fSCbOoAjJA

“Solidarity groups are expected to maintain a presence until Israeli troops come to demolish the village,” the leftist Israeli website +972 Magazinereported.

Around seventy five people here tonight as resistance continues night after night in Khan Al Ahmar, the Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank that is facing demolition. pic.twitter.com/ulw4rBK3nY

Erekat called on the ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to meet the council of Khan al-Ahmar and open an investigation into Israel’s plans to demolish the village.

The PA official “clarified that the petition was not a new complaint but rather an addendum to an entire case against the Israeli settlement enterprise in the West Bank that was filed to the court on behalf of the Palestinian Authority in May,” according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.

US threatens to impose sanctions on ICC

Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Boltonthreatened that the US would impose sanctions or seek to criminally prosecute officials from the ICC if they pursue investigations into alleged war crimes committed by the US or Israel.

“The Trump administration wants to dismantle the international order to ensure that it can stay above the law and escape accountability along with its ally, Israel.”

Complicit corporations

The Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) highlighted the importance of campaigning to save Khan al-Ahmar.

“Popular struggle and international solidarity have defended Khan al-Ahmar until today from expulsion, and have stopped the bulldozers manufactured by international corporations from inflicting destruction,” the committee stated.

The BNC named companies that manufacture bulldozers used by Israel to demolish Palestinian Bedouin communities like Khan al-Ahmar, including JCB, Caterpillar, Volvo, Hyundai, Hitachi and LiuGong.

Human rights groups and international officials have campaigned to stop the destruction of Khan al-Ahmar.

We are deeply concerned by Israel's decision to demolish private houses and other structures in Khan al Ahmar. The planned demolitions will dramatically affect the lives and dignity of this communityPress statement: https://t.co/I8uqFLjPmApic.twitter.com/kmO4cVOAmT

“The planned demolitions will dramatically affect the lives and dignity of this community,” David Quesne of the International Committee of the Red Cross stated.

“As long as zoning and planning policies in the West Bank fail to serve the population living under occupation, they cannot be used as justification for destruction of property.”

The European Parliament approved a resolution on Thursday that demands “compensation from Israel for the destruction of EU-funded infrastructure” should the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar take place.

European Parliament resolution on ‘the threat of demolition of #KhanalAhmar & other Bedouin villages’: Warns Israeli authorities that the demolition & forcible transfer would constitute a ‘grave breach of international law’; Calls on #EU to demand compensation from #Israel👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/c5QHKkFVDe